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Mexican Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis mexicana)
Photo#122887
Copyright © 2007
Ron Hemberger
Dark wasp on buckwheat -
Pepsis mexicana
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Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
June 28, 2007
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Contributed by
Ron Hemberger
on 29 June, 2007 - 10:04pm
Last updated 6 July, 2007 - 1:26am
Fabulous!
One of my favorite pompilids! The images really show how glorious this species is.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 2 July, 2007 - 5:57pm
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Thanks, Eric
This is by far my favorite wasp series. I was thinking about you a couple days later while shooting three of the red winged species. (Here I was thinking only about the wasp! Hey, that made for better pictures.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 2 July, 2007 - 7:48pm
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